Toyota Corolla Complaints

11,764 consumer complaints on file.

#10519407June 12, 2013
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
SINCE, I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW IT WOULD MAKE NOISE RATTLE LIKE SOMETHING WAS LOOSE. EVERY TIME I WOULD TAKE THE VEHICLE IN THEY WOULD KEEP IT THE WHOLE DAY FOR DAYS AND I WAS WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION. THEY REFUSED TO LEND ME A VEHICLE. AND AT THE END STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. MAKING IT LOOK LIKE I WAS HEARING THINGS. THE 2ND ISSUE IS WHEN I PUT IN REVERSE FOR EXAMPLE I WANT TO PARALLEL PARK AND PUT IT IN REVERSE IT GETS STUCK AND REVERSES SUPER FAST. WHEN I TOOK BACK THEY SAID THEY HEARD IT THEN THEY DID NOT. NOW THE REVERSE PART AND RATTLE NOISE IS WORSE. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING AND I GO IN TO LEAVE THE CAR TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES BUT ON THE PAPER THEY WOULD ALWAYS CHANGE THE COMPLAINT TO A NEW ONE. THIS IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR. AT FIRST THEY WERE NICE BUT ONCE I WAS OUT THEY WERE HELPLESS. THEN I HAD TO RETURN VARIOUS TIMES FOR A LETTER I GOT IN THE MAIL THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON "RECALL". EVER SINCE BUYING A BRAND NEW CAR FROM TOYOTA HAS BEEN A BAD EXPERIENCE BECAUSE I WAS WITH A NEW CAR BUT WITH THE CONDITIONS OF A USED CAR. AND TO TOP IT OFF THEY CHARGE ME TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. SADLY TO SAY THESE PEOPLE DON'T CAR ONCE THEY GET YOU HOOKED ON THE CAR. ONCE YOU'RE OUT YOUR ALONE AND THEY WON'T BACK UP THEIR VEHICLES. AND ANOTHER ISSUE THE BATTERIES DIED FAST AND I HAD TO PAY FOR A NEW ONE. AND SINCE THEY KNOW ONE NEEDS A CAR THEIR IS NOTHING TO DO BUT TO SUCK IT UP THIS SUCKS!! WARNING!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10515269June 12, 2013
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES
2003 TOYOTA COROLLA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO UNSATISFACTORY SERVICE AT DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE RECALL DONE. HOWEVER, AFTER WAITING OVER AN HOUR, SHE WAS INFORMED THE PART HAD TO BE ORDERED. EIGHT WEEKS LATER, THE PART STILL HAD NOT ARRIVED. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE SEAT BELT LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR YEARS, AND THE DEALER TOLD HER NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10516242June 11, 2013
AIR BAGS
DRIVER AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY AT ESTIMATED FRONTAL IMPACT OF 45 MPH.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10516142June 10, 2013
POWER TRAIN
WHEN I DRIVE MY 2011 TOYOTA COROLLA LE (IT HAS 46,665 MILES ON IT) 40-60 MILES PER HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY OR INTERSTATE, THE RPMS JUMP SLIGHTLY AND IT SEEMS TO DECELERATE OR ACCELERATE. IT FEELS AS THOUGH THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. IT SEEMS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. I TOOK IT TO A TOYOTA SERVICE CENTER AND THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. TODAY THE MAINTENANCE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. AGAIN, I TOOK IT TO A TOYOTA SERVICE CENTER, ONCE AGAIN I WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE MAN TOLD ME THAT HE HAD TO RESET THE COMPUTER AND IT SHOULD BE FINE FOR ANOTHER 5,000. HE SAID THEY CAN "FLASH" THE COMPUTER IF IT KEEPS GIVING ME TROUBLE. ON THE WAY HOME (10 MILES), ONCE AGAIN IT STARTED DOING THE SAME THING. IS THERE A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THIS CAR. CAN IT BE FIXED??? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10516152June 10, 2013
VISIBILITY/WIPER
I BOUGHT A NEW TOYOTA COROLLA 2013 CAR ON NOVEMBER 14, 2012 FROM THE TOYOTA OF MANHATTAN DEALERSHIP LOCATED ON 645 11TH AVE NEW YORK NY 10036. IN A MONTH, I DISCOVERED THAT THE TOP SEGMENT OF THE REAR DEFOGGER IS NOT DEFOGGING THE REAR WINDOW. IT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE TO USE A REAR VIEW MIRROR BECAUSE OF THAT WHEN THE REAR WINDOW IS FOGGED. IT IS BECAUSE THE REAR HEAD RESTS OBSTRUCT THE BOTTOM AND THE MIDDLE PARTS OF THE REAR WINDOW, AND THE ONLY PART OF THE REAR WINDOW WITHOUT THE OBSTRUCTION IS A TOP PART, WHICH IS NOT BEING CLEARED BY THE THREADS OF THE DEFOGGER. IT IS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE THE CAR THAT HAS THIS FLAW. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10515642June 7, 2013
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED BOTH FRONT STRUTS WERE LEAKING OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. UPDATED 7/15/13 *CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10515539June 6, 2013
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE RPMS INCREASED TO 1500 AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS LATER DRIVING 65 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ENGAGED INTO LIMP MODE. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE AND CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CHARCOAL CANISTER WAS THEN REPLACED AND THE FAILURE WAS CORRECTED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,200. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78,500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10515535June 6, 2013
AIR BAGS
THE AIR BAG LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON SINCE 2010 I TOOK IT IN TO TOYOTA AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG. LIGHT KEPT COMING ON SO I TOOK IT BACK IN (2011) AGAIN WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG, TOOK THE CAR IN FOR A 3RD TIME IN 2012 AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A WATER BOTTLE THAT WAS UNDER THE SEAT. I DISAGREED WITH THE MECHANIC CAUSE THE WATER BOTTLE WAS MY DAUGHTERS FROM THAT MORNING, I TOLD THE MECHANIC THE BOTTLE WAS STILL COLD FROM THAT MORNING SO THAT WAS NOT IT BUT THAT IS WHAT THEY WROTE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMING ON IN THE REPORT. I HAVE NOT TAKEN THE CARE BACK SINCE BECAUSE I DON'T EVER GET THE PROBLEM RESOLVED AND DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR THEM TO TELL ME ITS NOTHING, HOWEVER THE LIGHT DOES STILL COME ON AND REMAINS ON FOR WEEKS SOMETIMES MONTHS AT A TIME. MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT THE AIRBAGS WILL MALFUNCTION AND NOT WORK WHEN THEY SHOULD OR SUDDENLY GO OFF FOR NO REASON. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10515542June 6, 2013
EQUIPMENT, EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DECELERATE WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED NECK AND CHEST INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V123000 (EQUIPMENT). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10515547June 6, 2013
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A DISLOCATED SHOULDER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 13,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10514203June 3, 2013
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
2008 TOYOTA COROLLA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ENGINE CONTROL MODULE RECALL NOTICE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. HOWEVER, WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE DEALERSHIP, THE MECHANIC INFORMED HIM THE SERIAL NUMBER WAS NOT ON THE LIST, TO HAVE THE ECM REPLACED. ON APRIL 26, 2013, WHILE THE CONSUMERS WIFE WAS DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. SHE WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, THEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. WHEN THEY ENTERED THE VIN NUMBER INTO THE COMPUTER, IT SHOWED THE ECM HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WAS INCORRECT, AS HE HAD THE RECEIPTS AND RECALL NOTICE. THE CONSUMER WENT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AND THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEM SHOWED THE SAME INFORMATION. IT WAS DISCOVERED THE FIRST DEALER, ENTERED THE INFORMATION INCORRECTLY. THE DEALER STATED THE ECM WAS COVERED BY TOYOTA. HOWEVER, THE PART HAD TO ORDERED. THE CONSUMER FINALLY RECEIVED A CALL, FROM THE DEALER, THAT THE PART HAD ARRIVED AND HAD BEEN REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10514733June 2, 2013
STEERING
UNABLE TO GRADUALLY AND SAFELY CORRECT VEHICLE PATH. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CORRECT PATH (STAY IN THE CENTER OF MY LANE), A MINUTE MOVEMENT OF THE STEERING WHEEL OVER-CORRECTS AND MUCH TOO QUICKLY MOVES THE VEHICLE IN THE DIRECTION YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO STEER. I HAVE PRACTICED MAKING MY STEERING MOVEMENTS EVEN SLIGHTER, BUT THIS IS MUCH TOO TEDIOUS AND ONE COULD VERY EASILY STEER INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE AT SPEEDS BELOW 45 MPH, BUT IS DANGEROUS AT SPEEDS ABOVE 60 MPH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10514555May 31, 2013
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK. I HAD IT REPAIRED AT THE DEALERSHIP AND ABOUT A MONTH LATER IT WENT OUT AGAIN. WHEN I CALLED BACK, THEY SAID THEY WOULD REPAIR IT, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE FREE OF CHARGE. SEEMED LIKE THE REPAIR SHOULD HAVE LASTED IF IT TRULY WAS FIXED. HAVEN'T HAD CRUISE SINCE AND IT WAS SO NICE FOR LONG DISTANCE TRAVEL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10514391May 30, 2013
STEERING
THE VEHICLE WANDERS ON THE ROAD VERY DANGEROUSLY AT SPEEDS ABOVE 40 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CAR THAT REQUIRES THE DRIVER TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO KEEPING THE CAR CENTERED IN THE LANE LEAVING LESS TIME FOR HIM TO BE MONITORING THE TRAFFIC AROUND HIM. I HAVE ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS FOUND MYSELF CROSSING OVER INTO THE OTHER LANE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. LUCKY FOR ME THERE HAS BEEN NO OTHER CAR DIRECTLY BESIDE ME WHEN THIS HAS OCCURRED; OTHERWISE, I SUSPECT I WOULD HAVE HIT THE OTHER CAR. I SEE THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN CONTINUOUSLY REPORTED SINCE 2009 AND WHEN I BOUGHT MY CAR LAST MONTH I WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE COMPLAINTS BY DEALER. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CAR THAT NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION TO A THOROUGH REVIEW BY THE NHTSA. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10514100May 29, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, A BURNING ODOR AND SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR CONTROL SWITCH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE DISCONNECTED THE SWITCH AS A TEMPORARY REMEDY TO PREVENT A POSSIBLE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE MASTER SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED TO COVER HALF OF THE REPAIR COSTS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 31,800. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513863May 28, 2013
AIR BAGS
TOYOTA RECALLED THE VEHICLE TO REPLACE A DEFECTIVE HARNESS ON AIR BAG SYSTEM. WE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN TO A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THIS WORK DONE. LESS THAN FOUR WEEKS LATER, THE AIR BAG LIGHT STARTING STAYING ON ALL THE TIME INDICATING THAT THE AIR BAG IS DISABLED; THIS CONDITION MAKES THE CAR DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. WE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY APPROXIMATELY $550 TO REPLACE THE SPIRAL CABLE. PRIOR TO HAVING THE RECALL WORK DONE, THERE WAS NEVER ANY PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG OR THE AIRBAG LIGHTS. THE SPIRAL CABLE ISSUE IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE DEALT WITH BY TOYOTA AT LEAST UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN IT IS RELATED TO THE OTHER AIRBAG RECALLS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513940May 28, 2013
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT LESS THAN 5MPH WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. INSTEAD OF STOPPING, THE CAR ACCELERATED SUDDENLY, AND RAN INTO THE WALL 3 FEET IN FRONT OF THE PARKING SPACE. THE CAR WAS TOWED BY MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND DETERMINED TO BE TOTALED. THE MANUFACTURER INSPECTED THE CAR BUT DID NOT COME UP WITH A DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY DID NOT BELIEVE IT WAS A DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10513367May 24, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
GAS INTAKE PIPE CRACKED SO WARNING LIGHT SHOWS ON DASH. TOYOTA WON'T FIX AS PAST THE THREE YEARS FROM DATE WE BOUGHT IT, WONDER IF A FIRE COULD HAPPEN? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512754May 20, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TOYOTA CENTRAL DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES HAS FAILED TO REMEDY THE RECALL OF THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE(ECM),I'VE BEEN TO CENTRAL TOYOTA SERVICE DEPARTMENT TWO TIMES AND THEY TURNED ME AWAY BY GIVING ME EXCUSE OF PARTS UNAVAILABILITY. THEREFORE PLEASE ADVICE ME WHAT TO DO NEXT?. THANK YOU. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10512801May 20, 2013
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 70 MPH AND ATTEMPTED TO AVOID DEBRIS FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN HE CRASHED INTO A MEDIAN BARRIER. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE CRASH. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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